Lone wolf family man: Individualism, collectivism and masculinities in American Sniper(s) and Lone Survivor(s)

Boyle, Brenda M.

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“…Protesting the people who were ordered to protect them -let's just say it put a bad taste in my mouth. (Kyle, McEwen & DeFelice, 2011) Chris decided to deal with his war trauma and helping veterans to get back to their life, although Chris himself was murdered by a mentally ill veteran he has been helping. Option other than war or military operation was chosen by Antonio 'Tony' Mendez, a CIA agent who was assigned to rescue six American diplomats from Tehran during Iranian Revolution.…”

Section: Anti-war Narrativementioning

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Nationalism in Popular Culture: Critical Discourse Studies on American and Indonesian Films

Felani

Adi

Lukito

2020

Asian J. Media Commun

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Many scholars have alarmed the rise of new extreme nationalism in many countries which is actively promoted by some important national and international leaders. This paper examines the discourses of nationalism in popular culture and compares them with the nationalism ideas as promoted by those political leaders. Assuming that popular culture represents the bedrock belief of the society, this study has investigated the ideology of nationalism in 10 American and 10 Indonesian films applying the discourse historical approach from Ruth Wodak and Martin Reisigl. This study has identified nine features of nationalism in American films, i.e. us against them, saving life of Americans versus taking life of enemies, individual versus institutional hero, hero as common people, anti war narratives, individual versus national interest, absence of governmental supports, white as the dominant, and superpower. While six main features of nationalism in Indonesian films are against poverty, against foreign power, against corruption, sacrifice and service for the nation, imagination as a nation, and developing the nation. This study concludes that the discourse of nationalism in American and Indonesian films do not in line with the nationalism ideas as proposed by the politicians or the government. While the politicians are campaigning new hostile nationalism, popular cultures are promoting nationalism with individual freedom and equality, striving for prosperity, and fighting poverty.Keywords: Discourse-Historical Approach; nationalism; new nationalism; popular culture; American film; Indonesian film.

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Nationalism in Popular Culture: Critical Discourse Studies on American and Indonesian Films

Felani

Adi

Lukito

2020

Asian J. Media Commun

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Toxic masculinity in American politics: Donald Trump’s tweeting activity in the US presidential election (2016)

Pizarro-Sirera

2020

European Journal of American Culture

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In the US presidential election of 2016, Donald Trump’s connection with his voters marked the history of American politics by electing a political outsider to the White House. Under a feminist scope, this article examines Donald Trump’s Twitter account. The central purpose of this article is threefold: first, to scrutinize Trump’s tweeting activity and his dissemination of hegemonic toxic masculinity through this platform; second, to assess the unfavourable representation of Hillary Clinton’s decentred femininity and third, to examine how Trump’s performative toxic masculinity immediately connected with his voters’ cultural capital via Twitter. Finally, through an analysis of the impact of Trump’s tweets on his followers, the findings from this study will highlight that Clinton’s decentred gender performativity and Trump’s shared capital with his voters may well have been a fundamental tenet of Donald Trump’s victory.

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Lone wolf family man: Individualism, collectivism and masculinities in American Sniper(s) and Lone Survivor(s)

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Nationalism in Popular Culture: Critical Discourse Studies on American and Indonesian Films

Nationalism in Popular Culture: Critical Discourse Studies on American and Indonesian Films

Toxic masculinity in American politics: Donald Trump’s tweeting activity in the US presidential election (2016)

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